Barclays’ strategy backfires as role-based pay hits £111k per head
Would you go and work for Barclays investment bank now? It’s hiring. In an interview with Institutional Investor Magazine, Tom King chief executive of the unit, says he’s recruited 19 senior corporate...
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JPMorgan pays its investment bankers the most. And does Nomura really pay...
Investment banks live and die by revenue league tables, clamouring for prime spots like Premier League football teams craving a Champions League spot. But while they’re happy to shout about their...
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Ex Barclays bankers cling to giant job titles of their past
What happens when you lose your job in an investment bank? And what happens if it was a really important job in an investment bank and you’re now off to do something less prestigious and possibly...
View ArticleFive questions you’ll need to know the answer to if you want to pass the...
If you want to score a high-paying job selling or trading securities in the U.S., you’ll need more than just a good resume. You’ll also need to pass a six-hour, 260-question exam commonly known as the...
View ArticleWhy it’s so hard to move from banking into a private equity job in Asia
Making a career change from a banking job into a private equity job in Singapore is typically more difficult than it is in Western markets. It can be an arduous and drawn-out process even for top-rated...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: Five career tips for budding bankers by JPMorgan exec,...
Jimmy Lee, vice chairman of JPMorgan and renowned investment banker, has been doling out career advice to young bankers who want to succeed. There are five pieces of guidance, some seem obvious – but...
View ArticleRBS’s investment banking headcount is really quite tiny, but can it afford...
Royal Bank of Scotland is the latest bank to unveil its Q3 results and, perhaps predictably, its vastly shrunken investment bank continues to drag on profits. Like its peers, RBS has put aside hundreds...
View ArticleThese are the companies hiring ex-senior Barclays investment bankers
If you’re one of the supposed near 30% of Barclays’ investment bankers hitting the job market now, it’s a tough time. Some banks are refusing to pay recruiters’ fees on Barclays bankers put forward –...
View ArticleWhy you should quit your banking job and become a recruiter
You’re unemployed, underemployed or just simply sick of your role in banking and are looking for a change. You’re not alone. Bankers burn out and leave the industry all the time, and they’re never...
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Investment banking, accounting or technology: What are your chances?
Technology is the place to be. While investment banks continue to lick their reputational wounds inflicted by the financial crisis, top graduates and MBAs are all seemingly gravitating towards jobs at...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: Private bankers prime CVs for DBS. Banker arrested for HK...
Looking for a job at DBS? You might want to apply to its newly expanded private banking arm. The Singaporean firm completed its takeover of Societe Generale’s Asian wealth-management business last...
View ArticleHow to get a graduate banking job at Barclays in Asia
Barclays is set to hire more than 100 gradates for full-time analyst jobs across Asia next year – but as application deadlines loom, competition for these places is fierce, says Yukiko Hiizumi, Asia...
View ArticleHedge funds vs. asset management – Man Group or Blackrock, which is right for...
Buyside opportunities for graduates are not as plentiful as those in either investment banking, consulting or professional services. Few hedge funds recruit graduates directly out of university and...
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HSBC’s compliance binge and how you can get a 6 figure compliance job
HSBC’s interim results are out. Aside from the bank’s $378m provision for fines related to possible FX fixing, the big news is its continuing binge on control staff. Just a few years ago, HSBC had...
View ArticleWhat it is to work in investment banking, by a director at Deutsche Bank
We spoke to Xanyar Kamangar, a director in the Technology, Media & Telecom (TMT) team at Deutsche Bank in London. He offered some advice on how to become an investment banker, told us what an...
View ArticleTudor keeps hiring; Goldman eyes one particular kind of banker
In the latest hiring roundup, Goldman wants to rehire some of its alumni, Citizens eyes US growth and banks everywhere need tech talent. Tudor sticks to hiring plan Despite a “brutal” October, Tudor...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: Asian compliance jobs boom not cooling in fourth quarter
If you thought that recruitment for risk and compliance jobs in Asia might be slowing down in November as banks focus instead on plotting next year’s hiring campaigns, think again. As we reported...
View ArticleHow investment banking careers are changing in Asia
Global investment banks in China are trying to recruit a “new breed” of bankers as they focus on domestic clients with international ambitions. Brian Gu, co-head of China investment banking at...
View ArticleExodus of talent the “biggest challenge” facing investment banks now
Investment banks are competing against an ever-growing band of competitors looking to hire the best and brightest graduates and face a stiffer challenge retaining staff once they’re recruited,...
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Rurik Jutting’s controversial jobs at BAML and Barclays
What did Rurik Jutting, the ex-Bank of America banker accused of murdering two women in Hong Kong, actually do? According to his LinkedIn page, he worked in structured capital markets at Barclays and...
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